Saturday, 7 December 2013

Telling the story

Donkeys, camels, shepherds,sheepWise men, inn keepers, angels, starsAll the pieces we've gathered togetherto tell the storyIt's a story that needslittle embellishmentAmazing as it isBut, somehow, we feel the needto disguise the starkness,to dress up the povertyFor the realityis too much to handleTo see the Christ child bornamong the poorand the oppressedhidden in the hovelsof todaydemands that we confront the realitythat in 2000 yearslittle has changed.Today's world needsGod with usmore than everAnd so we continuewhereverhowever we canto tell the storyof God born among us today.